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Her uncles for worked for MI6, now she writes spy novels

How Elise Silver became one of the biggest names in romance

Exploring the fear that turned women into “witches”

Reflecting on a year of fear with Stephen King

How this independent bookstore owner stocks their shelves

Can reading be the first step to making real change?

Dystopian apartment hunting and searching for a place to call home

Travelling to the birthplace of Interview with the Vampire

A reality show where contestants win a trip ... to Mars?

What made Judy Blume’s books so popular? Reflecting on her illustrious career and new biography

Does the Project Hail Mary adaptation do the novel justice?

How Amanda Brugel manifested her role in The Handmaid’s Tale

The youngest Canada Reads contestant is now a Disney star: Here’s what she’s reading now

How iconic musician Tegan Quin plans to tackle Canada Reads

A look inside Canada’s prison book clubs

The quiet terror of Foe: why Actor Josh Dela Cruz is bringing it to Canada Reads

This writer's mystery illness defied diagnosis for months - here's what she learned from the uncertainty

Why Elle-Maija Tailfeathers says A Minor Chorus is the story Canada needs to hear right now

Inside the Toronto Sceptres’ team book club

Why Steve Dangle says this novel picked him for Canada Reads

What do fans of the novel Wuthering Heights make of the new adaptation?

How Canada Reads is unleashing Morgann Book’s inner competitor

This Amazing Race winner’s latest challenge? Reading 50 books in a year

Has hustle culture been lying to you?

Are book bans actually effective in a digital age?

Mychal the Librarian on his journey to internet stardom

Why the internet loves this family owned bookstore

Why fantasy novels offer much more than escapism

What makes older protagonists so compelling?

Get to know CBC’s Winter Olympics host

Celina ‘Spooky Boo’ Myers on writing the next great vampire novel

Mother-daughter bonding? How about writing a novel together

What Libby Ward learned by being extremely honest on social media

Canadian fiddle legend Natalie MacMaster shares her life in books

Is it a red flag if your boyfriend has read Anna Karenina?

Why Mark Critch is willing to fight for Canada

The 2025 Giller Prize finalists in conversation

Watching Heated Rivalry? Here’s what the author wants you to know

Getting to know Danger Eagle, the stunt performing penguin

Why this Ginny and Georgia star loves reading

Need a kid’s book for the holidays? Our panel has suggestions for all ages

Are literary prizes a scam?

How Tolstoy and Dostoevsky shaped Canadian rapper Shad

Flirting Lessons with Mirian Njoh

Who is the wimpy kid behind Jeff Kinney’s iconic series?

What books drew Brendan Fraser to storytelling?

Taking a tour of Newfoundland with Alan Doyle

Is the Canadian Booker winner worth reading?

What might surprise you about Margaret Atwood’s new memoir

Is food the closest thing to teleportation?

Why Anne of Green Gables is a superstar in Japan

Who’s to blame when a self-driving car ends up in flames? Our book club discusses

Jillian Harris on life after The Bachelor and writing her first children's book